Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 20, Number 162, Decatur, Adams County, 11 July 1922 — Page 2

♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ DOINGS IN SOCIETY ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ CLUB CALENDAR Tuesday—Y. P. A. meeting. Basement ot Evangelical church. Tri Kappa at the homo of Miss Eleanor Reppcrt. Queen Esthers — Mildred Butler Christian Ladles' Aid Society at the home of Mrs. Will Engle, at 2:30. Wednesday Ladies' Aid Society of Reformed Church—Mrs. Tilman Gerber. Thursday. Baptist Woman's Society at the home of Mrs. Chronister. Monroe St., 3:30 o'clock. Thursday—W. M. S. of Evangelical church at the home of Mrs. L. L. Baumgartner, Lino street. Work and Win Class of U. B. Church—Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Struhm. Ladies' Aid Society of U. B. church at the home of Mrs. C. E. Baughman. Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Friday M. E. Ladies Aid.—Church parlors—--2:30. Auction Bridge Club—Madge Hite. Psi lota Xl—At home of Mrs. Herb Burroughs, 7:30 o'clock. The Phoebe Bible class of the Reformed church will meet Thursday evening at the home of Mrs. Tilmap Gerber. * The local telephone operators were entertained at a birthday party given ast evening by Miss Beaulah Nichols and Miss Edna Miller at the home of Miss Nichols on Mercer Ave. The evening was spent in dancing and playing games. Prizes were won by Miss es Esther Bowers. Stella Brown and Helen Blee. Guests were Esther Bowers and Mrs. H. P. Schmitt. A delightful two course lunch was served at midnight. Miss Madge Hite will entertain the Auction Bridge club at her home on Friday evening. ♦ The Work and Win class of the U. B. church will meet Thursday evening at 8 o’clock at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Struhm on west Monroe street. The Queen Esthers will meet this evening at 7:30 o’clock at the home of Mildred Butler. ♦ The Ladies Aid society of the U. B. church will meet Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the nome of Mrs. C. E. Baughman. Mrs. Wil Ohler and Mrs. Sephus Melchi will be assistant hostesses. ORPHA McCONNEHEY FILED SUIT FOR A DIVORCE AND ALIMONY Orpha McConnehey filed suit in the circuit court today for a divorce from Willard McConnehey and for alimony in the sum of SSOO. The couple was married on March 12. 1910 and separated on May 10, 1922. The plain tiff chargee that her husband beat and bruised her about her head and shoulders, cursed her, falsely accused her of committing adultery, and failed to provide for her. Her attorney is A. C. Butcher.

This Week’s Low Price Specials! The John T. Myers Co. clothing store is offering some very special low prices for this week on Palm Beach Suits. Special lots of men's and young men's suits, boys Knicker suits, dress shirts, underwear, felt and straw hats. Felt and Straw Dress Shirts Men’s & Young Palm Beach Boy’s Knee Pant JlsvfrC Band and Collar Attached Men’s Suits CnUc SPECIAL $30.00 All Wool Suits 50 MllllS All Felt. Pananta, leghorn, Bankok, 110 l Good Palterna QQ $25.00 All Wool Suite, QIQ7P $22.50 All Wool Shadow rt.. Q W SudOoe' lhe $9.50 and Straw Hat. are priced al such low JOC Now $19.75 Weitthla. now $18.50 price, a the are tumpinu tor 1 lot taefe! Values $20.00-SI B .OO Suits sl4 95 $17.50-$16.50 Palm IkadiQl Q Qi- „ . °"“ T and Mohair Suits, now $13.95 $6.50 ’ ° W " ‘° $3 35 Remember this is the store that does exactly as it advertises JOHN T. MYERS CLOTHING COMPANY

Mvwwvvwg Late News? ■! Flashes J (Halted Paeaa Service). 5?/.w.w.w.v , South Bond. July 11—Ono hundred barrel* of real beer were confiscated by federal agents here lute yesterday. . The shipment valued at SIOO,OOO was shipped as “grain” from Joliet to Lakeville near here when it was to have been quietly spirited Into South Bend. Kendallville, July 11—Three perlons were killed and two were seriously hurt in a railroad crossing ac cident near Butler late yesterday. A party of Cleveland tourists drove on the N. Y. C. lines in the path of 1 the first section of the 20th Century Limited crack flier. Rosa Berzak, 15 and Benjamin Ber zak. her brother, were killed in- ’ Ftantly. Bardella Morris, negro chauffeur died later from injuries. Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Berzak, ' parents of the dead children were seriounsly hurt. The father is expected to die. Atlantic City. July 11—Plan to act as big brothers to 1,500 poor boys and send them through college came up at the opening of the Elks convention here today. The proposition that each Elk i lodge In the country adopt a poor boy was discussed at the business session i of the fraternal order. Washington, July 11.—Francis P. Garvan, Chemical, foundation head, totified before the federal grand jury here today on the purchase of hun dreds of German patents and copyrights by his organization from the Wilson administration. Buffalo, N. Y„ July 11.—Rioting accompanied by destruction of railroad property and shooting broke out here today in connection with the shop ■ men's strike. Michael Zalesinski, 26 was shot and • killed by a New York Central guard. The home of George Gibbons foreman in the Lehigh Valley shops was stoned and a freight car was burned by strike ' sympathizers. The mob was frightened away from Gibbons home when his son fired a riille into the crowd. * JAMES WILKERSON TO TAKE FORMER JUDGE LANDIS'S SEAT SOON Washington, July 11 —(Special to Dally Demount) —James 11. Wilkerson, former member of the Public Utilities Commission of Illinois and formerly a federal attorney in the prosecution of the Standard Oil and Packers’ anti-trust cases, was nominated today by President Harding to take the seat of Federal Judge Landis in Illinois. Wilkerson was a special assistant attorney general in the suit against the Standard Oil company, in which Landis imposed a fine of $29,000,000. He also appeared as assistant attorney general in the suits brought against the Big Five packers for violation of the Sherman law.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, TUESDAY, JI'IA H, 1922

TWO KILLED IN FALL OF CRANE Accident Marred Work On New Lincoln Life Building in Ft. Wayne Probably the most serious structural accident occuring in Fort Wayne in recent years marred the beginning ot the excavation work for the new Lincoln Life building yesterday afternoon when the huge truck used in conveying concrete to various sections of the building, broke from its moorings and crashed to the ground upon seven workmen engaged in work beneath the huge crane. Two men were killed and five were injured seriously. Frank Noe, 41, of 345 Mcllta street, died at the Methodist hospital less than two hours after the accident. Noe was a married man and leaves his wife and two children, 8 to 12 years old, respectively. He had resided in Ft. Wayne only about two months, coming here from Kentucky and accepting employment with the Rump Construction company immediately upon his arrival here. Noe suffered four fractures of the skull and internal injuries. E. M. Rump, 26, Junior member of the firm of Fred J. Rump & Son, con tractors, died at the Methodist hospital at 12:15 this morning. Shortly after 9 o’clock last night all hope for his recovery was given up and an emergency operation was under taken. In the operation which was completed shortly before midnight, it was found that his liver and the intestines had been punctured. He leaves a wife and an infant child. The injured are William Cherry, 28, colored: William Murphy, 40. colored: William Gero. 36; James Flgley, 25: and Mitchell Miller. 30. colored. It is thought that all of these will recover. Deputy Coroner F. W. Brokaw, following an exhaustive investigation throughout yesterday afternoon and last night, declared that the tragedy was caused by a “hook on the block holding the boom straightened out while several men were moving the cantilever conveyor”. NORTHEASTERN INDIANA RECOVERING TODAY FROM WORST STORM OF YEARS Kendallville. Lid. July 11 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Northeastern Indiana was recovering today from the worst storm of years, in which one person was killed and property was damaged in several counties. Eulalia, nine year old daughter of Joe Brookup, was buried under a barn roof which was lifted from the barn by a baby cyclone. She was crushed about the body, and head. Eldridge, her baby brother, was standing nearby. He escaped injury. Traffic on interurban lines has been suspended pending repairs to high tension wires laid flat by the storm. Cars on the New York Central line were blown over and hundreds ot telephone poles were twisted to the ground. Crop damage is heavy. Small buildings were razed and roofs of many homes lifted. The storm broke without warning.

DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR STATE SENATOR FROM ALLEN COUNTY DIED LAST NIGHT Horace G. McDuffee. 66 year* old, prominent Allen county farmer and Democratic nominee for state repre , sentathe, died last evening at his home in Eel River township. Mr, McDuffee was tsricken with paralysis on the fourth of July ‘ inJ never fully regained consciousness. He was subject to* the attacks on ' various occasions and his condition ' has been quite serious for some time. Following Ute last attack, he was tin- ’ able to speak and his right side was ‘ entirely paralyzed. The deceased was one of the most ' active and progressive farmers in 1 this section of the state . He served 1 as trustee of Eel River township for a number of years ami was nominalI ed on the Democratic ticket at the May primaries for state represents- ■ five. He was a member of the 1 Masonic lodge and a devout member of the Methodist church. He had 1 lived on the farm in Eel River town- : ship since the date of his birth. The vacancy on the ticket, created 1 by the death of Mr. McDuffee will be ’ filled by the Democratic county : committee, according to a statement made last evening by E. M. Hulse, a member of the Allen county board of election commissioners. Surviving relatives are the widow, four daughters, Martha McDuffee, residing at home, Mrs. E. A. Sordlett, of Wallen, Mrs. M. P. Greeley, of Fort Wayne, Mrs. B. C. O'Brien, of Goshen, three sons, Joseph McDuffee. of near John McDuffee, of Waynesfield, 0., and Milton McDuffee of Fort Wayne. The following three sisters also survive: Mrs. Caroline McGuire, oi Fort Wayne; Mrs Levi Shedal of Noble county, and Mrs. Leroy Walt ers, of Churubsco. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock a' the house. The Blue lodge of the Masons will have charge. Burial will be made in Eel River cemetery. —Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette. GOVERNOR McCRAY URGES PEOPLE TO GIVE FREELY TO NEAR EAST RELIEF Touched by the cry of distress from the Bible Lands, Governor Warren T. McCray, in an address to the people of Indiana, asks that communities give generously of cast off clothing to help relieve destitution among orphans and refugees of the Near East. The address says: “Seldom does there come an opportuntiy to do much of real mercy at so small a cost as that presented by the clothing appeal of Near East Relief in behalf of the destitute people of Armenia and other Bible Lands. The need is said to be most desperate. Women and children" are the greatest, offerers. They are the families of cur Allies in the war. But even above this, they are human beings in great distress. “Every home in Indiana lias numerous outgrown or cast oft garments that still have considerable service in them—garments that will probably never be used again in the home, but that might easily save a human life if given in response to this appeal. Tues day, July IS is designated as Bundle

: <■ - upon different dates, ..j Wl ,nt to add my appro™ l , llll(1 l 0 express the ho * that t h ., response of Indiana will be both prompt and generous in this uobie work." t GENEVA NEWS The Mieses Ruth Deglen Edith and Domleena White,man, who are employed in Fort Wayne, spent the week "in. at their parental homes here. Claud Lough and Francis Macwhinney were among those boys who are working in Muncie who spent the week-end here. Mrs. B. P. Lehipan returned to her home at Berne Monday afternoon after spending some time visiting at the the home of Mrs. Christ Mooser. Aaron Heiinbarger returned to his home here the latter part of last week after spending the Fourth with his

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* - • : uties iii Robinson- in- . , r of the week here and re- . n '"‘ Tn his work in Fort Wuyne turned to nis , Monday.mornh'S- Brethren 1 The Methodist and Unitca " u L Geneva arc holding union i n tie church auditorium*. In on ..| iun h one Sunday evening and tin . t i>e next. Union Kpwoi th league or Young People’* services will also be conducted just before " hn „. t| l(> first of these meetings was ' « Sunday evening in the U. B. : d Xrt Shoemaker went to Muncie , Monday morning where he expects to be employed in the future. . Miss Gertrude Rally of New Castle . was a guest at the home ot Win. Niles S Louis Cline returned to his work at , Elwood the fore part of the week at- ; tre spending several days here with ; his wife. -■—

The Misses Iva Miller, Marie and Addie Hoskinson, who ur . tt iijUPK school at .Muncie were those who spent the week-qud in eva. Kenneth Whiteman of (his f | tj| Miss Selva Van Skyock of soum Portland were united in niarrlam Saturday evening nt 5 o’cloej Ixmisville, Ky. Two sisters 0( ( hrlrte were also married at the s * time. The young people came I, to Portland Snday. Mr. Whltem*, a son of Mr. and Mr*. John Wkj, man of this city and has made k home here since returning from Flj da about fifteen months ago. Mr u Mrs. Whiteman have not yet ed any definite plans as to where will make their future home. Mr*. Howard Kley, who has visiting her parent*, Mr. and Mri| p, Votaw, returned to her home < Herne Monday morning. A. J. Bliss and daughter. Alien, *, tored to Bloomville, 0., Sunday « spent the day writh Mrs. Bits,' „ ent*. Mr. mid Mrs. Shutt. They*, accompanied home by Mrs. Bliss m son. Robert, who had been visits there for several weeks.